BFP Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Funding Priorities for April 2014

The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.

The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $29,177,364,278 on 238 individual contracts during April 2014.

REMOTELY PILOTED SYSTEMS

General Atomics received $141,444,171 for engineering development of the Block 50 ground control stations (GCS) and production of two system test and qualification system integration laboratories (SIL), one technical order development SIL, two fixed GCS, two mobile GCS, two software developer kits, and the associated spares for the Block 50 configuration. Block 50 tries to create an ergonomic crew workstation, enhanced situational awareness, and reduced/eliminated deficiencies in legacy GCS. Block 50 includes six 24” touchscreen displays, an enhanced heads-up display, primary control display, F-16 modeled stick and throttle, and new one-touch control panels. This is a sole-source acquisition.

Insitu Inc. received $10,222,289 to support the RQ-21A, including organizational level support during planned and surge flight operations.

Northrop Grumman received $6,567,841 for radar system development and demonstration schedule extension; for Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) development and alignment with the Global Hawk (RQ-4) Block 40 program schedule.

Raytheon received $15,844,476 for R&D support for the Tactical Control System (TCS), continuing the transition from the TCS baseline into the Unmanned Aerial System Control Segment architecture, integrating modern intuitive controls, automating testing procedures, and supporting the software baseline operating in the field. This was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.

URS Federal Technical Services Inc. received $15,815,983 for program support for ACC’s UAS Operations Center Support. This includes 8 percent FMS to the UK.

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES - Through Foreign Military Sales (FMS), the U.S. government procures and transfers materiel to allied nations and international organizations.

Boeing received $9,901,126 to train Saudi Arabia’s Air Force on the F-15SA.

Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. received $19,999,676 for Systems Engineering, Modeling & Simulation, and Scientific Studies & Analysis Support on Emerging Threats Affecting National Security and DOD Acquisition Process. Georgia Tech will provide recommendations for specified areas of study, U.S./allies capability gaps concerning the threats, “and how the U.S. should posture itself to counter these threats in order to favorably shape the battlespace.”

THE OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN

DynCorp International received $49,898,634 for mentoring and training in support of the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior and Afghanistan National Police. DOD continues to award contracts to DynCorp, despite the corporation’s track record [PDF] of mismanagement, scandal, fraud, waste, and abuse.

USSOCOM

Cyberspace Solutions (Reston, VA) received $35,556,730 for intelligence analyst support, in support of U.S. Special Operations Command.

Qinetiq received $7,750,000 for the Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge II (BATMAN II)-Advanced Technology Demonstration Program. The BATMAN II program is designed to focus on advancing technologies relevant to Air Force special operators.

MISSILES, ROCKETS, BOMBS

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC received $83,399,073 for full rate production Lot III of the advanced anti-radiation guided missile, including conversion of 110 AGM-88B high-speed anti-radiation missiles to AGM-88E all-up-rounds and captive air training missiles.

Ball Aerospace Technologies Inc. received $23,933,170 for “Stalker” or long range electro-optical/infrared/laser range finder (SLREOSS) production. SLREOSS is used with NATO’s Seasparrow Missile System MK 57 on the MK 9 Tracker Illuminator System. This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

Lockheed Martin received $21,319,984 to provide the UK with engineering/technical support and materials for the UK Trident II Missile System. United Kingdom contract funds ($21,319,984) were used. This was a sole-source acquisition, per 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(4).

Lockheed Martin received $9,085,206 for services to continue support of the AN/TPQ-53 radar fleet.

Raytheon received $9,778,372 for up to 52,473 hours of advanced technology insertion and integration support of weapons systems (include AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-154 JSOW, R/UGM-109 Tomahawk, XM982 Excalibur, BGM-71 TOW, Standard Missile, Evolved SeaSparrow Missile, Talon, Pyros and Griffin). Also included are line of sight/non-line of sight technologies for seekers, multi-mode seekers, tube-launched UAS, autonomous weapons employment and precision targeting, and similar applications. This was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.

Raytheon received $9,595,524 for AIM-9X Sidewinder mission support and sustainment for the U.S. Air Force & Navy, Singapore, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Turkey, South Korea, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and Poland.

Raytheon received $6,553,058 for (calendar years 2014-2016) Evolved Seasparrow Missile maintenance, re-certifications, and special maintenance tasks. This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

DLT Solutions received $35,664,115 to provide Symantec brand-name software licenses and maintenance renewal for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Exelis Inc.; General Dynamics; Harris Corp.; and Thales Defense & Security Inc. received $988,000,000 for SRW Appliqué Radio Systems for use by brigade combat teams.

Lockheed Martin received $13,362,252 to incorporate new add work, Phase 3, to the DARPA Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare (BLADE) program. Phase 3 aims to refine/mature algorithms and software developed during Phase 2 and to apply them in tactically relevant environments and timeframes on tactical military electronic attack platforms.

NetCentrics Corp. received $11,486,816 for IT operations, back office support for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), WHS-supported organizations, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. SRA International Inc. received $7,349,801 to provide IT network support services for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency.

BAE Systems received $47,352,248 for transmitter countermeasures T-1687A/ALE-70 (V) in support of the Joint Strike Fighter program. This was non-competitive, per 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(l).

Lockheed Martin received $54,574,234 for production technical assistance on F-35 Lot VII. Services include manufacturing technology transfer and planning tasks required to ensure a manufacturing base with sufficient technical knowledge to support F-35 production. Purchases: U.S. Navy ($21,912,810; 40 percent); U.S. Air Force ($21,053,484; 38.7 percent); and international partner governments ($11,607,930; 21.3 percent).

AIRCRAFT

Alion Science & Technology Corp. received $14,138,642 for operational safety, suitability and effectiveness materials improvement program with the aim of increasing C-5 safety and mission readiness while reducing maintenance requirements and cost.

ARMTEC Countermeasures Co. received $11,450,440 for 390,800 M206 decoy countermeasure flares (389,300 for U.S. Air Force and 1500 for U.S. Army) for protection of helicopters and low altitude aircraft. Kilgore Flares Co, LLC. received $10,176,036 for 318,600 flares for U.S. Air Force and 1,200 for U.S. Army for protection of helicopters and low altitude aircraft.

Boeing received $8,747,003 for software updates in support of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Northrop Grumman received $8,900,000 for two sets of AN/ALQ 240 (V) 1 weapons repairable assemblies in support of the P-8A AN/ALQ 240 Electronic Support Measures Repair Depot standup at NSWC Crane Division.

Boeing received $43,340,932 to support fielding new equipment and training for units receiving the CH-47F. Boeing received $18,962,520 to integrate improved drive train development with CH-47 Block II engineering. Boeing received $8,857,000 to provide additional production Lot 13 long lead funding and additional production Lot 12 over-and-above funding on CH-47F helicopters. Columbia Helicopters Inc. received $30,552,180 for Chinook aft & forward rotor heads. Minimum quantity (combined for the rotor heads) ten; maximum quantity 198.

Boeing received $26,725,000 to provide seven engineering changes proposals for fracture and maintenance areas on F/A-18 A-D under the Service Life Extension Program Phase C1 effort.

Boeing received $103,800,000 for advance procurement funding for purchase of long lead items as part of AH-64E Apache Full Rate (Lot 5).

Dynamic Aviation Group Inc. received $22,359,136 for continued operations, sustainment, and integration of three communications electronic attack with surveillance/recon aircraft, currently deployed in support of OEF. One bid was solicited, one received.

Elbit Systems received $12,255,000 for helicopter improved signal data converter. This is a sole source acquisition.

Kearfott Corp. received $8,628,628 for the Actuator, Electro-Me (minimum 120; maximum 1,440) for the Blackhawk weapons system. Lockheed Martin received $7,265,034 for the repair of 12 items of the common cockpit for H-60R/S helicopters. This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1).

L-3 Communications received $18,086,317 for logistical, administrative, and base operations support to include data input and data gathering for the Corpus Christi Army Depot mission to overhaul, repair, modify, retrofit, test and modernize helicopters, engines and components for all services and foreign military customers.

L-3 Communications received $24,728,566 for labor skilled in the inspection, maintenance, and repair of the CH-47, UH-60, UH-1, AH-1, AH-64 and OH-58 aircraft and components.

Lockheed Martin received $14,713,606 to provide initial spares for the C-130J program on 64 aircraft (42 delivered C-130J and 22 HC/MC-130J). Lockheed Martin received $27,370,337 to provide extended service life center wing box on five C-130J aircraft.

Lockheed Martin received $24,449,293 to install a VADER system and an aerial precision geolocation kit on a King Air 350ER aircraft. One bid solicited, one received.

Lockheed Martin received $80,663,444 for Lot 9 Modernized Target Acquisition Pilot Night Vision Sensors (eight systems with one spare and four additional systems with four war replacement spares for USA; eight systems with one spare for Indonesia).

Midwest Air Traffic Control Service Inc. and Readiness Management Support LC received $109,874,600 for management and equipment maintenance to support air traffic control operations, airfield management, air to ground comms and maintenance, surveillance and precision radar operations and maintenance, voice communications systems operations and maintenance, and aviation C2 operations and maintenance. “Work will be performed in Southwest Asia.”

Northrop Grumman received $17,150,542 for testing/support during the Common Aviation Command & Control developmental & weapons tactic instructor test events.

Northrop Grumman received $31,135,442 for depot maintenance on 44 Navy/USMC Reserve F-5N/F aircraft. One percent of work will occur in Emmen, Switzerland. This was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.

Phoenix Air Group Inc. received $16,320,996 for contractor owned and operated aircraft for range clearing services for missile testing and fleet training in support of CNAF and DOD agencies.

Raytheon received $12,635,487 for developmental efforts in support of the Technology Development Phase of the Next Generation Jammer Program, which will replace the aging ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System for integration on the EA-18G aircraft.

Raytheon received $14,393,119 for aircraft radar receivers, circuit card assemblies, electric synthesizers, and electronic components. This is a sole-source acquisition.

Rockwell Collins-ESA received $10,307,718 for items in support of the joint helmet mounted cueing system. This is a sole-source acquisition. Locations of performance are Texas, Oregon, and Israel. This contains FMS elements for Iraq.

Textron received $38,409,418 for yoke assemblies. This is a sole-source acquisition.

Thales Defense & Security received $38,527,000 for Optimized Top Owl (OTO) Helmet Mounted Sight and Display (HMSD) Sustainment Capability services for the H-1 Aircraft program. This includes the facility, parts, and labor required for the OTO repair capabilities transition plan from Bordeaux, France to the United States.

L-3 GSS received $50,925,735 for Automated Installation Entry hardware and software for up to 35 military installations.

LITTORAL COMBAT SYSTEM

Austal USA received $6,726,406 for fabrication and assembly of a live fire test module in support of the Navy’s Independence variant LCS survivability testing program which is critical to class qualifications and ships eventual deployment.

3 Phoenix Inc. received $9,116,551 for engineering services for development, integration, testing, and logistic support of the torpedo warning system (TWS), which allows surface ships to detect torpedoes and employ defensive measures (including maneuver and countermeasures).

BAE Systems received $6,715,693 for sixteen AN/UPX-41 (C) Digital Interrogators for the U.S. Navy (14) and Japan (2) and 45 Mode 5 IFF field change kits for the U.S. Navy (33) and Japan (12). This was not competitively procured (FAR 6.302-1). Purchases: U.S. Navy ($5,399,417; 80.4 percent) and Japan ($1,316,276; 19.6 percent).

General Dynamics received $11,000,000 to incrementally fund (non-nuclear) repairs on subs assigned to the Naval Submarine Support Facility, New London, CT, under the New England Maintenance Manpower Initiative (NEMMI).

General Dynamics (Bath Iron Works) received $28,716,385 for fleet maintenance sustainment support in San Diego, CA.

Progeny Systems Corp. received $9,589,064 for engineering/technical services in support of the Navy’s AN/UYQ-100 Undersea Warfare Decision Support System. This was not competitively procured in accordance with FAR 6.302-5.

RPR Industries received $11,601,492 for life preservers and component parts.

Timken Gears & Services Inc. received $55,327,134 for two DDG 51 class main reduction gear (MRG) shipsets. MRG is the set of gears that transmit power from two main propulsion power turbines to the propulsion shaft. Each DDG 51 has two gear sets, one for each propulsion shaft.

Allison Transmission Inc. received $51,444,025 for ninety-nine X1100-3B transmissions for M1A2 Abrams tanks. L-3 Communications received $8,746,150 for 37,948 hours of systems technical support on the Bradley transmission. L-3 Communications received $10,533,875 for 26,752 hours of systems technical support for the Bradley transmission.

American Rheinmetall Munition received $12,811,540 for 66mm vehicle launched infrared smoke grenades in support of the U.S. Navy.

Lockheed Martin received $9,387,611 to develop a ground-based wind profiler to meet the functional, performance, and environmental requirements for precision airdrop, the objective of which is to develop an affordable, rugged, set-and-start solution for precise wind measurement for precision air drop (PAD) at forward operating bases that shall enable the government to achieve 50 meters drop accuracy.

Logos Technologies Inc. received $23,648,907 for field service representatives, operators, and analysts required to support Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems Kestrel systems. This was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).

Truetech received $8,071,865 for M256A2 chemical agent detector kits.

FUEL & ENERGY

Calumet San Antonio Refining received $36,393,732 for aviation turbine fuel.Dennis K. Burke Inc. received two separate installments of $65,282,707 for fuel.Foster Fuels Inc. received $8,268,245 for fuel.Global Montello Group received $36,202,002 for fuel. Indigo Energy Partners LLC received $20,745,146 for fuel.Mansfield Oil Co. received $14,541,401 for fuel. Naughton Energy Corp. received $18,217,525 for fuel. Papco Inc. received $37,197,905 for fuel.

Petroleum Traders Corp. received $66,882,605 for fuel. Ports Petroleum Co. Inc. received $7,126,629 for fuel. Riggins Oil received $9,735,913 for fuel. Signature Flight Support Corp. received $15,088,634 for fuel. Sprague Operating Resources LLC received $34,898,134 for fuel.Talley Petroleum Enterprises Inc. received $9,504,864 for fuel. United Metro Energy Corp. received $57,449,285 for fuel.

Computer Sites Inc. received $47,057,000 for emergency maintenance/preventive maintenance of DOD power conditioning equipment and “uninterruptable” power supply systems.

Direct Energy Business, LLC received $11,918,926 for electricity.

River Trading Company Ltd. received $16,871,250 for bituminous coal.

MEDICAL & SAFETY

1st American Systems & Services received $42,000,000 for Family Advocacy Program and Domestic Violence Counseling in the Pacific Region.

AECOM Technical Services Inc.; Baker-Stanley-Cardno JV; OTIE-RS&H JV; Parsons Brinkckerhoff-FSB-H&A JV; Parsons Government Services Inc.; and LEIDOS Inc. received a cumulative $950,000,000 to support military construction (MILCON), military family housing (MFH), and sustainment, restoration and modernization (SRM) programs worldwide. This is the result of a qualifications-based selection process in accordance with FAR 36.6 and the Brooks Act, Public Law 92-582.

Architura Corp.; Bailey Edward Design, Inc.; and Integrated Design JV; received a cumulative $10,000,000 for architecture-engineering services (design and rehab) for the Illinois Air and Army National Guard.

ARMTEC received $9,900,000 to design, develop, maintain and manufacture systems using combustible and consumable type products technology for the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. One bid was solicited and one received.

Baldi Bros. Inc.; Coffman Specialties Inc.; Flatiron West Inc.; Granite Construction Co.; Kiewit Infrastructure West, Co.; and Reyes Construction Inc. received a cumulative $99,000,000 for airfield paving and heavy duty paving projects at various locations within NAVFAC Southwest. Projects may include, but are not limited to: paving of airfield runway, taxiway, apron, and support areas for aircraft; and heavy duty paving of areas intended for heavy military and other heavy operational vehicles and equipment.

Bates Engineers/Contractors Inc. received $46,000,000 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District's North Alabama Regional Construction Program.

Caddell Construction Co., Inc. received $34,311,000 for construction of the Waterfront North Land Water Interface at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.

Global-Pacific Tech JV $45,000,000 to design and construct projects related to building electrical systems and control and industrial processes for the Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division.

Guam MACC Builders A JV received $25,692,000 for the design and construction of an emergent repair facility at Naval Base, Guam.

The Haskell Co. received $6,883,727 for the mitigation of unsuitable soils under the taxiway apron for apron expansion, Phase II, parallel taxiway, hangar, and Marine vertical 22 maintenance hangar at MCAS New River.

Health Facility Solutions Company received $7,000,000 to support construction management activities for the Mobile District and South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. received $9,000,000 for architect/engineer services, and design for Army Reserve projects nationwide and projects within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Boundaries.

Jacobs Government Services Co.; MWH-Cardno TEC Baker-A JV; and Zapata Inc. received $500,000,000 for architect-engineering services, including environmental projects (planning and programming, restoration, quality, and conservation) as required by the Air Force Civil Engineering Center. This is the result of a qualifications-based selection process in accordance with FAR 36.6 and the Brooks Act, Public Law 92-582.

Pacchiosi Drill USA Inc. received $8,918,970 to construct cutoff walls along the waterside slope of Sites R3A and L10 on the American River, Sacramento, CA.

PAT GD JV received $24,400,000 for piers and dredging in Umm Qasr, Iraq to include the design and construction of an approximately 165 meter floating pier for the Iraqi Navy and dredging of the adjacent harbor and navigational channel. PAT GD will ensure the harbor and channel remain dredged to the required depth for one year following the initial dredging.

Value Management Strategies Inc. and Strategic Value Solutions Inc. received $9,000,000 for architectural/engineering management service for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Military, Environmental and Civil Works programs throughout the North Atlantic Division.

Oasis Systems LLC received $11,801,189 for professional acquisition support services. Oasis Systems LLC received $8,983,870.00 for professional acquisition support services in support of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center HB and HBAJ divisions including FMS (84 percent of the contract). FMS countries include Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, Belgium, Romania, Poland, and Colombia.

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group Ltd. received $11,445,617 for professional acquisition support services in support of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, HBQ and HBD Divisions, including FMS (approximately 11 percent). FMS countries include Taiwan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Israel, and Japan. Odyssey System Consulting Group Ltd. received $9,167,656 for professional acquisition support services in support of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center HBU and HNJ divisions.

P E Systems Inc. received $7,280,498 for professional acquisition support services in support of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center HNA and HBD Divisions, including FMS (approximately 13 percent). FMS countries include Jordan, Germany, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Oman, Greece, Thailand, France, Sweden, and the UK.

Potomac-Hudson Engineering Inc. received $30,000,000 to help prepare Navy and Marine Corps environmental planning documents for upland and desert projects in NAVFAC Southwest. Work provides for data collection, natural resource survey, and resource effects analysis work related to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other environmental planning services.

RLB Contracting Inc. received $8,286,850 for deep draft maintenance dredging of the Houston Ship Channel from Carpenters to Greens.

The Source Group Inc. received $13,810,540 and $10,432,295 for environmental remediation, assessment, and emergency response services.

FOOD SERVICES

Brothers Produce Inc. received $6,666,666 for fresh fruit and vegetables. Dexters Farms received $47,961,211 for fruit and vegetables. Stern Produce Co. received $16,625,000 for fresh fruit and vegetables.

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Comments

Allied Tube & Conduit; Cobra Systems; and Iris Kim received $41,000,000 for concertina barbed tape.
That’s a hell of a lot of concertina barbed “tape”. Reading through this is enlightening to say the least.
Thank you.